Hello - I just wonder if anybody could tell me if I am being very foolish as the doctor today made me feel very bad for wanting to hold out till 40 + 14 to see if I could have a natural start to child birth.
I'm 37 and have a high BMI and I had borderline pre-eclampsia in my last pregnancy which was induced at 40 + 7.
This pregnancy I've had no problems.
The doctor said that the risks of still birth go up exponentially around 42 weeks and that I was risking still birth by not having the induction. I complained that I thought she was using over the top scare tactics because my reading of the stats was that risk of still birth was about 2-3 in 30,000 at 41 weeks and 6 or 7 in 30,000 at 42 weeks so it was a small risk that went up a bit. I also said that I only wanted to delay to + 14 days which was my understanding of the outside limit of a normal pregnancy and I was prepared to come in for daily monitoring (which is what they asked me to do). Anyway after making me feel awful about the whole thing she has booked me in for induction at + 13.
I am a bit unhappy by the treatment I got but I wonder if other people think I am being overly risky?